JUNIPERUS. 37 



' Section III. CUPRESSOIDES. The Cypress-like 



Junipers. 



Page 116. 



JuNiPERUs Chinensis fcemina, LinncBus, the Female Chinese 



Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus struthiacea. Knight. 

 „ „ „ focmina, Hort. 



„ „ cernua, Roxburgh. 



This kind is called " Fi-noki-suga '* (slender evergreen) by 

 tVie Japanese, and " Inuki" (wild or native shrub) by the Chi- 

 nese. 



Page 121. 

 Juniperus c^esia, Carriere, the Glaucous-blue Juniper. 

 Syn. Juniperus fragrans, Paul. 

 „ „ foetidissima, Hort. 



,y „ Occidentalis, Hort, not Hooker. 



„ „ alba, Knight. 



„ „ dealbata, Loudon, not Douglas. 



Leaves, opposite with the primordial ones, and those on the 

 lower parts of young plants, and frequently some of those on 

 the points of the outer shoots, more or less spreading, lanceo- 

 late, and very glaucous on the upper surface ; while those on 

 the upper and more exposed parts, as well as those on the adult 

 plants, are much shorter, broader, very closely imbricated, iu 

 four rows, of a glaucous grey, and terminating in a more or less 

 blunt point. Branches and branchlets alternate, more or less 

 ascending, numerous, very compact, and forming a pyramidal 

 or somewhat cylindrical head, a little spreading at the top. 



A fine compact shrub, or small tree, growing from 10 to 15 

 feet high, somewhat cylindrical in outline, with numerous more 

 or less ascending branches, thickly furnished with small glau- 

 cous spray ; all parts of which emit a strong and rather dis- 

 agreeable odour when bruised. 



It is quite hardy, and said to. be found in the north of Europe, 

 according to Carriere. 



